US GIs, European Theater

Picked up a squad of 20mm WW2 AB Americans at Historicon this year.  Tony Barton makes some really nice figures...

Pic with penny for my scale challenged friends!

Couple of paratroopers

Im always stuck on WW2 paratroopers

All over the place!

Several things Ive been working on the past several weeks (months even!)

I started this Sherman back in the summer, and finally got around to finishing it up.  As per usual, my light setup kills the mood (lots of good weathering and dings and dents), but you get the idea

Next up, some 1/285 modern russians.  GHQ has had a couple big yearly sales, and I got in on them.  More russkie stuff to come!

And, keeping with the Russian theme, I bought all of the packs of Empress ultra modern Russians they released late in 2014.  Here is a camo test.  The lights bring out the tiny brown 'flecks', which kinda kills the effect.  I think I have this one nailed though...

Lets get some nat-zis!

Brad Pitt sez

Nazi ain't got no humanity. They're the foot soldiers of a Jew-hatin', mass murderin' maniac and they need to be dee-stroyed. That's why any and every every son of a bitch we find wearin' a Nazi uniform, they're gonna die.

Finally finished up the rest of the gestapo

This one has a crazy eye.  Doesnt look so crazy to my eye, but oh well

 My best swastika of the group

 All arrayed, and ready to ferret out the fuhrer's enemies

Summore Nazis

Here are 4 more Gestapo agents and guards.  Got one more set of 4 to do, and then I will be done with this group.  Once again, my pics dont do justice - they bring out every little mistake that the human eye doesnt notice.  Ok - enough whining.  Here are the pics.

More Gestapo

I put some officers up the other day.

Today, Gestapo grunts

Gestapo Officers

More 'Pulp Figures'

I have a set of 16 of these Gestapo guys.  The first four I have painted in black as 'officers' (I think in 'real life', black was just the early uniform), and the next 12 ill paint in dark grey.

I wont stop until I have painted every scale of every country's paratroopers

10mm US Paratroopers from WW2.

Flames Of War figs

A little off the beaten path for me - a German Flames of War mortar stand.

Tiger, Tiger; and Mother Nature is a mean bitch

Ive been working on these for what seems like weeks now...finally got around to finishing them.  Tigers!

Also, a few weeks back, we got the worst ice storm I've ever been in.  Finally getting around to throwing up some pics

First, some 'before' pics of the trees that fell from our lot into the road

My wife and I spent the majority of a weekend cleaning up as much as we could on our own, before we had to call in some help to remove the mess.  Took 7 guys 3 days to get it all cut up and totally removed.

Waffen SS in Plane Tree Camo

Ive known for a while that the Germans had a ton of different camos in WW2, but I didnt realize HOW MANY there really were until I started researching it a little bit.  Check it out if you are interested.

These are 20mm figures from Battlefield Miniatures.  These are sort of a test batch - ive got 20 or 30 waffen ss from Battlefield.  I will probably paint them in a mix of camos, to represent their motley look at the end of the war, but for now, these are in plane tree camo

US MP on a motor bike

Ive completed painting on this guy - he will be given as a present for xmas.  Waiting on some basing material (some model train cobblestone) before it can truly be done.  Hopefully, some better pictures when Im done.

And a picture I took from my back door this weekend.  It looks like I live in the mountains. 

I do not.